1. Reverse Engineering Team Project

2. Learning Objectives Apply reverse engineering principles to reverse engineer and improve an existing product. Incorporate principles of design in developing a new product Work as a team in developing an awesome product

3. You are to Develop a new Happy Meal Toy that will fit with LEGOs Use a theme for your toy Movie Video Game Sport/Hobby Something that will interest 3 – 10 year olds

4. Step 1: Pick a Theme Record your theme in your PowerPoint

5. Step 2: Reverse Engineer Existing LEGOs Reverse Engineer four to six LEGO Pieces (2 for each member of the team) – A beam with the holes for Axles (Beam) – A piece with bumps and a place for connecting bumps (Brick) – A piece that will fit an axle (Wheel/Gear) – A connecting peg (For connecting beams/gears/…) To reverse Engineer … (Record initial descriptions in your PowerPoint. They will be an appendix section of your presentation PowerPoint) – Your name – Visual Analysis: Looks – Functional Analysis: Purpose, functions, input and outputs – Structural Analysis: Types of connections, some things that can be made from this element – Measure and model the piece in Inventor

6. Step 3: New Creation It will need to use at least twice as many different pieces as you have team members. Each person must create at least one original piece that will fit with LEGOs and is part of the final product You will create an assembly of the pieces into the Happy Meal Toy You can use multiple copies of a piece in creating your assembly Each team member will make a different assembly taking advantage of the flexibility of the LEGO system. Select at least one of the assemblies for your presentation Place all assemblies in the appendix of your presentation

7. Step 4: Team Presentation Team Presentation (PowerPoint) Names (Team Name) and Theme Executive Summary Slide Picture of your assembled toy Why it is awesome Reverse Engineering Slides The pieces modeled and who modeled them (Screen Captures) Descriptions of what they do Custom Pieces Slides Screen Captures Descriptions Summary Slide Final Product Assembly Happy Kid enjoying your product Appendix Reverse Engineering Slides Each members assembly Websites and resources used for this project

8. What is turned in Team Presentation (PowerPoint) Names (Team Name) and Theme Executive Summary Slide Picture of your assembled toy Why it is awesome Reverse Engineering Slides The pieces modeled and who modeled them (Screen Captures) Descriptions of what they do Custom Pieces Slides Screen Captures Descriptions Summary Slide Final Product Assembly Happy Kid enjoying your product Appendix Reverse Engineering Slides Each members assembly Websites and resources used for this project CAD Files for each of the pieces (Parts, assemblies, …) YourNamePartDescription YourNameAssemblyDescription

9. Timeline Step 1: Theme: 4/13/2016 Step 2: Reverse Engineer LEGO Parts: Two parts per team member: 4/15/2016 Step 3: New Creation Custom Parts: 4/20/2016 Assemblies Toy: 4/22/2016 Step 4: Team Presentation: 4/25/2016 Presentation completed and rehearsed by the end of the period Class presentations: 4/27/2016